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News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and MoreSun, 02 Aug 2015 23:09:50 +0000en-UShourly1Starting today, ‘gaijin’ formally known as printshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/11/20/general/starting-today-gaijin-formally-known-as-prints/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/11/20/general/starting-today-gaijin-formally-known-as-prints/#commentsTue, 20 Nov 2007 00:01:16 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/11/20/%community_category%/starting-today-gaijin-formally-known-as-prints/Today sees the introduction of a law requiring the majority of foreigners entering Japan to be fingerprinted and photographed. This change has been met with howls of protest from foreign residents and the foreign media, who have pointed to the fact that the only terrorist attacks on Japanese soil have been carried out by Japanese. […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/11/20/general/starting-today-gaijin-formally-known-as-prints/feed/0Nova crash adds to ‘eikaiwa’ wage woeshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/10/30/issues/nova-crash-adds-to-eikaiwa-wage-woes/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/10/30/issues/nova-crash-adds-to-eikaiwa-wage-woes/#commentsTue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:33 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/10/30/%community_category%/nova-crash-adds-to-eikaiwa-wage-woes/It’s said that the bigger they come, the harder they fall, and it’s difficult to imagine a harder fall than Nova’s. Following Nova Corp.’s well-documented troubles over the last few months, Japan’s biggest language school chain is now in the hands of administrators, and is likely to be declared bankrupt next month unless a backer […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/10/30/issues/nova-crash-adds-to-eikaiwa-wage-woes/feed/0‘Eikaiwa’ vets look beyond Big Fourhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/07/31/issues/eikaiwa-vets-look-beyond-big-four/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/07/31/issues/eikaiwa-vets-look-beyond-big-four/#commentsTue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:27 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/07/31/%community_category%/eikaiwa-vets-look-beyond-big-four/Globalization, the Internet and increased mobility have made the planet a smaller place. The world is now often referred to as a global community, and its lingua franca is undoubtedly English. It is the official language of air traffic control and the de facto language of both international business and, apparently, international terrorism. According to […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/07/31/issues/eikaiwa-vets-look-beyond-big-four/feed/0Bigger is not always better for Japan’s English teachershttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/03/13/issues/bigger-is-not-always-better-for-japans-english-teachers/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/03/13/issues/bigger-is-not-always-better-for-japans-english-teachers/#commentsTue, 13 Mar 2007 00:01:10 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/03/13/%community_category%/bigger-is-not-always-better-for-japans-english-teachers/While exact figures are unavailable, but it is fair to assume that a large number of foreigners who work in Japan will spend at least some of their time teaching in a language school. But should you lose yourself in the facelessness of a large company, or take a job in what may be little […]